On January 27th , it was reported that during a meeting with the Committee for Information Technology, Communications and Transport of the council, the Shura council called the Saudi carriers to reduce the cost of communications and Internet, on the grounds that these constitute a heavy burden on citizens, especially in light of the high […]
On January 4th 2016, the Hurriyet Daily News reported that Fikri Işık, Turkish Minister for Science, Industry and Technology declared his country to be ready for the possibility of a cyber attack and that “all necessary measures [had] been taken” by the Ministry of Transport, following the recent attacks that shut down hundreds of thousands […]
Activists from the international group “Anonymous” claimed responsibility for taking down 14 Thai Police websites in protest of the sentencing to death of two migrant workers from Myanmar (Burma), SC Magazine reported early January this year. The two Myanmar nationals were convicted last month for the murder of two British tourists in September 2014. The […]
The many challenges posed by the computerized world and especially the cyber-world, require the individual, the organization and the country to protect themselves at different levels. Within this framework, countries are creating military and civilian agencies that engage in warfare and cyber defense, as well as policy formulation and carrying appropriate exercises. On the 9th […]
On the 2nd of February, a German News Website (ZEIT Online) published that the German Intelligence Services (BND) collects around 220 millions pieces of information every day, but not in a focused way. Indeed they practice extensive surveillance such as the one practiced by the NSA or the CIA. Indeed, it seems that extensive surveillance replaced […]
On the 25th of December it was reported that 25,000 Netflix users’ usernames and passwords were leaked. The group of hackers “Gator League” claimed responsibility for the breaking and leaking of data type TXT file.
On December 21, it was reported that malware apparently originating from China, penetrated several Afghani governmental websites in order to infect the visitors of the websites. It is estimated that the attack was carried out around the 16th of December , the date on which the country’s prime minister visited China. This attack, seems to […]
On December 24, it was reported that Chinese hackers broke into Japanese bank accounts and stole more than $16 million in six months. The two banks that suffered the most were Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Japanese police managed to do little to eradicate online crimes and only 133 were arrested […]
On December 23, it was reported that an intrusion was discovered earlier this month in NVIDIA company network which apparently occurred two months earlier, in the garden were asked employees to change the passwords. It is not clear yet if all the company’s network were breached or how the attackers managed to gain access to […]
On December 16, it was reported that the details of some 1,600 people were stolen from The University of California – Berkley, including Social Security numbers and credit card information . The theft covered the period starting from the 90s until May 2014. The University said in a statement that the attack occurred on the […]
Another email containing suspected malware recently targeted Israeli users. The message was sent on June 10 by an account associated with Ohad Levine, a researcher and director of internet media at the Ashkubit Hashomron news service. Included in the mail with a subject line claiming Israel’s Chief of Staff said the country’s air-force was “prepared […]
A group identifying itself as “Tunisian Hackers Team” claimed responsibility for an alleged DDoS attack against Facebook. In a message posted to Pastebin on June 6, the group claimed the attack came in revenge for removing their Facebook page. A similar tweet by the group indicted the attack took place at 840Gbps/Minute.
In a message posted June 7, a hacker identifying himself as HusseiN98D and a member of the AnonGHost hacking team claimed responsibility for leaking email accounts belonging to Israelis. The message contained the details of 908 email accounts. Most included the value ‘registered’, suggesting the breach came from a website or forum the users signed […]
A follow-up on the May 9 report of another round of OpIsrael planned for June 7 finds activity during the current operation to be very low. In a series of posts and tweets, a group calling itself American Jihad Watch announced 163 Israel websites were hacked. No further details were provided. Among the published posts are:
A fire at a telecommunications cable in Egypt has disrupted Internet throughout the parts of the country, the head of Egypt’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority announced June 3. According to sources at a Cairo-based bank, communications with other banks as well as access to trade systems were interrupted, affecting the bank’s operations. “We have to do […]
מחקר חדש שביצעה חברת Arbor Networks במימון Economist Intelligence Unit, מגלה נתונים מעניינים על אודות מוכנות עסקים בעולם לארועים קיברנטיים. המחקר כלל 360 מובילים עיסקיים, 73% מהם בדרגי הנהלה בכירה ברחבי העולם ובכלל זה במזרח התיכון. המחקר חושף כי למרות ש-76% מהחברות סבלו מארועים קיברנטיים במהלך השנתיים החולפות, ל-39% עדיין אין תוכנית מענה לארועים שכאלה ורק 17% מהארגונים […]
In a Twitter message posted on June 10, persons identifying themselves as the “Java Cyber Team” asked for help in Cyber attack against the website of Israel’s Ministry of Defense. The “Java Cyber Group” launched their Twitter activity only few days ago and have posted 10 messages so far. This is the first one relating […]
A statement on behalf of the Syrian Electronic Army claims the group has broken into the Turkish Prime Minister’s server. A tweet dated June 5th linked to a file containing 67 email addresses and passwords apparently originating from the ministry; the mail server’s address was also published. In February, the Syrian Electronic Army broke into […]